{{Short description|Swedish horror television series}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | genre = Horror | creator = Chris Andrews<br>Mats Strandberg | based_on = {{based on|''Färjan''|Mats Strandberg}} | writer = Mats Strandberg<br>Malin Lagerlöf<br>Chris Andrews | screenplay = | story = | director = Jonas Alexander Arnby | starring = {{Plainlist| * Tuppence Middleton * Kolbjörn Skarsgård * Björn Bengtsson * Jessica Grabowsky }} | narrator = | composer = Mikkel Hess | country = Sweden | language = {{Plainlist| * Swedish * English}} | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 6 | executive_producer = {{Plainlist| * Andy Serkis * Sonja Nilsson Hermele * Johanna Gårdare * Lindsey Martin * Dave Clarke * Phil Robertson * Jonathan Cavendish * Mats Strandberg * Jonas Alexander Arnby }} | producer = Alexander Rönnberg<br>Will Tennant | editor = Linda Jildmalm<br>Robert Krantz | cinematography = Josua Enblom | runtime = 43–44 minutes | company = {{Plainlist| * Northern Fable * Imaginarium Productions * CBS Studios }} | budget = | network = SVT | first_aired = {{Start date|2025|9|26|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{End date|2025|10|24|df=yes}} }} '''''Blood Cruise''''' ({{langx|sv|Färjan|lit=the Ferry}}) is a Swedish horror television series adapted from Mats Strandberg's 2015 novel ''Färjan'', and starring Björn Bengtsson, Tuppence Middleton, Kolbjörn Skarsgård and Jessica Grabowsky.
==Cast== * Tuppence Middleton as Edith * Björn Bengtsson as Dan * Kolbjörn Skarsgård as Walter * Marika Lagercrantz as Marianne * Orlando Wahlsteen as Albin * Lissa Edil as Lo * Jessica Grabowsky as Pia * Arvin Kananian as Calle * Sabina Khamoshi as Vida * Thomas Hanzon as Göran * Scott Arthur as Vincent * Christopher Wagelin as Mårten
==Production== The six-part series is produced for SVT, and is adapted from the 2015 Mats Strandberg novel ''Färjan'', which was nominated for book of the year by the European Science Fiction Society. It comes from Northern Fable and Imaginarium Productions. Strandberg and Malin LagerLöf are the scriptwriters, with Jonas Alexander Arnby as director. Northern Fable’s Alexander Rönnberg and Imaginarium’s Will Tennant are producers, with Jonathan Cavendish and Phil Robertson executive producers for Imaginarium, Sonja Hermele and Johanna Gårdare for SVT, and Lindsey Martin and Dave Clarke for CBS Studios.<ref name="baker">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/tuppence-middleton-first-look-blood-cruise-1236347827/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=25 March 2025|title= First Look At Tuppence Middleton In SVT Drama Series ‘Blood Cruise’ From Andy Serkis’ Imaginarium Productions, Northern Fable & CBS Studios – Series Mania|first=Jesse|last=Whittock|date=March 25, 2025}}</ref><ref name="bailey"/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/a/vgwaMV/skrackromanen-farjan-blir-serie-pa-svt|website=Aftonbladet.se|accessdate=25 March 2025|title= The horror novel "Färjan" will be a series on SVT|date=7 October 2024}}</ref>
The cast includes Björn Bengtsson, Jessica Grabowsky, Tuppence Middleton and Kolbjörn Skarsgård, as well as Thomas Hanzon, Marika Lagercrantz, Orlando Wahlsteen, Lissa Edil and Sabina Khamoshi.<ref name="baker"/><ref name="bailey">{{cite web|url= https://marcusoscarsson.se/just-nu-svensk-succebok-blir-serie-pa-svt-hyllas-stort/|website=marcusiocarsson.se|accessdate=25 March 2025|title= Svensk succébok blir serie på SVT – hyllas stort|date=7 October 2024}}</ref><ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5244362/fullcredits/ IMDb.com. Retrieved 25 August 2025.</ref>
First-look images from filming were released to the media in March 2025.<ref name="baker"/>
==Broadcast== The series was released in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.moviezine.se/nyheter/skrackromanen-farjan-blir-miniserie-pa-svt|website=Moviezine.se|accessdate=25 March 2025|title=Skräckromanen ”Färjan” blir miniserie på SVT – premiär 2025|trans-title= The horror novel "Färjan" will be a miniseries on SVT - premiere 2025|date=7 October 2024}}</ref>
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